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PureBrightnessTheorigin•QingMingispopularlyassociatedwithJieZiZhui,wholivedinShanxiprovincein600B.C.LegendhasitthatJiesavedhisstarvinglord'slifebyservingapieceofhisownleg.Whenthelordsucceededinbecomingtherulerofasmallprincipality,heinvitedhisfaithfulfollowertojoinhim.However,Jiedeclinedhisinvitation,preferringtoleadahermit'slifewithhismotherinthemountains.•据历史记载，在两千多年以前的春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君（即晋文公，春秋五霸之一），大事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他带了母亲隐居绵山。Theorigin•BelievingthathecouldforceJieoutbyburningthemountain,thelordorderedhismentosettheforestonfire.Tohisconsternation,Jiechosetoremainwherehewasandwasburnttodeath.TocommemorateJie,thelordorderedallfiresineveryhometobeputoutontheanniversaryofJie'sdeath.Thusbeganthecoldfoodfeast,adaywhennofoodcouldbecookedsincenofirecouldbelit.•晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，他想，介子椎孝顺母亲，一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子椎母子烧死了。为了纪念介子椎，晋文公下令每年的这一天，禁止生火，家家户户只能吃生冷的食物，这就是寒食节的来源。Theorigin•ThecoldfoodfestivaloccursontheeveofQingMingandisoftenconsideredaspartoftheQingMingfestival.Astimepasses,theQingMingfestivalreplacedthecoldfoodfestival.•寒食节是在清明节的前一天，古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明，久而久之，清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。CustomKeywords•kiteflying放风筝•tomb-sweeping扫墓•burnincense焚香•hellnote纸钱•mortician殡仪业者•ColdFoodFestival寒食节•dayofsacrifice祭祀节日FlyingKites放风筝Whatmakesflyingkitesduringthisfestivalspecialisthatpeoplecutthestringwhilethekiteisintheskytoletitflyfree.Itissaidthisbringsgoodluckandthatdiseasescanbeeliminatedbydoingthis.TombSweeping扫墓•ThemajorcustominQingmingFestivalistombsweeping.Accordingtofolkreligion,thespiritsofdeceasedancestorsstillliveundergroundandlookafterthefamily;thetombsaresaidtobetheirhouses;thusitisveryimportanttokeepthetombsclean.PlantingWillowTrees插柳•BecauseJieZizhuidiedembracingawillowtree,thewillowisbelievedtohavemiraculouspowersagainstevil.DuringtheQingmingFestival,willowbranchesarehungondoorfrontsandusedtosweepthetombs.SpringOuting春游、踏青•Itisafinetimetogooutandtoappreciatethebeautifulscenesofnatureduringthefestival.ThiscustomcanbetracedbacktotheTangDynastyandfollowedbyeachdynastylatertilltoday.FoodofQingMingSweetGreenRiceBall青团•ThesweetgreenriceballisaQingmingFestival(TombSweepingDay)foodpopularinJiangsuandZhejiangProvinces.Itisalsoamust-haveofferingatancestralritualsinthesouthoftheYangtzeRiver。Likeglutinousricedumpling,Qingtuanismadefromglutinousriceandstuffedwithredbeanpaste.Thedifferenceisthatsqueezedwormwoodorbromegrassisusedinthemakingofwrapper。QingmingFruit清明果•Qingmingfruit(orQingmingguo).Itlookslikedumplingsinshape,buttastesdifferentfromdumplings.ThewrapperofQingmingfruitismadefromsqueezedwormwood,riceandglutinousrice.Sanzi馓子•EatingSanzi(ordeep-frieddoughtwist)onQingmingFestivalisaconventionthroughoutChina.Sanziisakindoffriedfood.Peoplecalleditcoldfood()intheolddays。SpiralShell清明螺•TheQingmingFestivalistherighttimeforeatingspiralshell.Spiralshellisabundantinthisseason。WurenRice乌稔饭•WurenriceiscommonforSheNationality,whomainlyliveinEastFujian,includingFuzhouandNingde.OntheTomb-sweepingDay,everyfamilywillcookWurenFanandexchangethefoodwitheachotherasapresent.WurenRiceismadefromglutinousriceandleavesofvacciniumbracteatumorWurentree。《清明》杜牧•清明时节雨纷纷•路上行人欲断魂•借问酒家何处有•牧童遥指杏花村•ItdrizzlesthickandfastonthePureBrightnessDay•Itravelwithmyheartlostindismay。•Isthereapublichousesomewhere,cowboy?“•HepointsatApricotVillagefaraway